Dr. Jennifer Wilson specializes in Russian literature of the 19th century with an emphasis on the nexus of sexuality and radical political thought. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2014 where she also earned a graduate certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow for Academic Diversity in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania, where she will focus on revising her book manuscript, "Radical Chastity: The Politics of Abstinence and the Political Imagination in 19th century Russian Literature."

Biography

Dr. Jennifer Wilson specializes in Russian literature of the 19th century with an emphasis on the nexus of sexuality and radical political thought. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2014 where she also earned a graduate certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow for Academic Diversity in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania, where she will focus on revising her book manuscript, "Radical Chastity: The Politics of Abstinence and the Political Imagination in 19th century Russian Literature."